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A Trick to Fold Proteins More Quickly: 'Clever' Technique Speeds Up the Analysis of Protein Dynamics
May 8, 2013 — Scientists have devised a method to reduce the time used to simulate how proteins take on their signature three-dimensional shape. Such important information to comprehend their function is usually ... > full story -
World's Most Extreme Hearing Animal: The Greater Wax Moth
May 8, 2013 — Researchers have discovered that the greater wax moth is capable of sensing sound frequencies of up to 300 kHz -- the highest recorded frequency sensitivity of any animal in the natural ... > full story -
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Value in Concentrating Solar Power to Add to Electric Grid Calculated
May 7, 2013 — Researchers have quantified the significant value that concentrating solar power plants can add to an electric ... > full story -
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Combining Strategies Speeds the Work of Enzymes
May 7, 2013 — Enzymes could break down cell walls faster -- leading to less expensive biofuels for transportation -- if two enzyme systems are brought together in an industrial setting, new research ... > full story -
U.S. Urban Trees Store Carbon, Provide Billions in Economic Value, Finds State-by-State Analysis
May 7, 2013 — America's urban forests store an estimated 708 million tons of carbon, an environmental service with an estimated value of $50 billion, according to a recent ... > full story -
Rats Take High-Speed Multisensory Snapshots: Smell and Touch, Sniffing and 'Whisking,' Are Locked in Sync
May 7, 2013 — New research from the laboratory shows that rats create high-speed "snapshots" of the environment by synchronized use of the senses of smell (sniffing) and touch (through their whiskers). Furthermore ... > full story -
Genes Show One Big European Family
May 7, 2013 — From Ireland to the Balkans, Europeans are basically one big family, closely related to one another for the past thousand years, according to a new study of the DNA of people from across the ... > full story -
New Robotic Instruments to Provide Real-Time Data on Gulf of Maine Red Tide
May 7, 2013 — A new robotic sensor deployed coastal waters may transform the way red tides or harmful algal blooms are monitored and managed in New England. The instrument was launched at the end of last month, ... > full story -
20-Million-Year-Old Amber Shatters Theories of Glass as a Liquid
May 7, 2013 — Fact or fiction? Stained glass found in medieval cathedrals becomes thicker at the bottom because glass moves over time. For years researchers have had their doubts, now scientists have further ... > full story -
New Insights Into Ebola Infection Pave the Way for Much-Needed Therapies
May 7, 2013 — The Ebola virus is among the deadliest viruses on the planet, killing up to 90 percent of those infected. A new study reveals how the most abundant protein making up the Ebola virus -- viral protein ... > full story
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